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Research Development & Grantwriting News is a monthly newsletter published by Academic Research Funding Strategies. It contains good advice for academic grant writers, both about general proposal development skills and about specific agencies and programs. Back issues are listed here with selected articles of note.

March 2024 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• March 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Summary of Changes to the PAPPG NSF 24-1
• Division of Environmental Biology Virtual Office Hour
• NSF Ideas Labs: How They Work and Why They Are a Great Opportunity for Faculty
• Artificial Intelligence in Water Conservation
• Cultivating Grantsmanship Among Humanities and Social Science Graduate Students
• Strategic Uses of the Funding Solicitation
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• Agency News, Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities 

February 2024 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• February 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Incremental Research is the "Kiss of Death" at NSF
• Sustainable Regional Systems Research Networks
• Why Faculty Should Attend Funder Conferences and Workshops
• What Does a Successful NSF Proposal Look Like?
• Avoiding a Common Reviewer Complaint: Descriptive Research
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• Agency News, Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities

January 2024 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs  
• January 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Humanities Perspectives on AI: NEH Emerging Funding Opportunities and a List of Private Opportunities
• Writing a Proposal’s Stakeholder Engagement Section
• FY24 Navy STEM and Workforce Program
• The Future of STEM Education at NSF
• A Suggested Timeline for Producing Your NSF CAREER Proposal
• If You Name It, Explain It
• Don’t Sell the Funding Solicitation Short
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• Agency News, Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities 

December 2023 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• December 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Faculty Guide to Writing Research Grants: Strategies for Funding Success
• NIH on Research Integrity
• Update: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
• Overview of NSF GEO’s Funding Opportunities to Support the “Build a Resilient Planet” Initiative
• Technology for Plagiarism Detection at NSF
• The Communications Component of the Management Plan
• Agency News, Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• New Funding Opportunities 

November 2023 Issue (App State login required)

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• November 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• A New NEH Initiative: “Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence”
• DOE/SC Biological and Environmental Research
• The Value of Reading Abstracts of Funded Projects
• Pursuing Funding From Private Foundations
• National Academies Report on AI
• Developing a Strategic Plan for Funding Your Research
• Developing Your Research Agenda
• Developing Your Education Agenda
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency News, Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• New Funding Opportunities 

October 2023 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• October 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Conservation Innovation Grants, a Niche Funding Program by USDA
• Overview: Defense Sciences Office 2024 BAA
• Checking in With ARPA-H
• NSF's Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Program
• Editing the Proposal Introduction: What, Why & How
• Don't Let Your Proposal Wear a Disguise on Halloween
• How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency News, Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities

September 2023 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• September 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• The Institute for Museum and Library Services is Now Accepting Proposals, November 15 Deadline
• Biotechnology at USDA/NIFA in FY2024 Budget
• Overview: Bioenergy Technologies Office at DOE
• Understanding NSF for NIH PIs
• Multi-Agency R&D Priorities for the FY 2025 Budget
• Proposal Writing in the Humanities
• Significance of Your Proposed Humanities Project?
• What is Your Great Idea and Why Is It Important?
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities

August 2023 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• August 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Selected List of Mid-career Funding Opportunities in Humanities and HRSS
• Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase II
• National Institute of Justice: What it is, does, and funds
• You've Submitted Your CAREER Proposal: What Now?
• Using ChatGPT When Writing Proposals: What It Can and Can't Do
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
• Basic Grant Writing Training Presentation
• Writing the 1.5-Page Practice Proposal
• It's Not Easy to Disinvite a Team Member
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities

July 2023 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• July 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Support Opportunities for Post-Docs & Junior Faculty
• An Overview: U.S. Department of Justice Grants
• Engineering Research Initiation: What is it, for who?
• Last-Minute NSF CAREER Proposal Checklist
• NSF Dear Colleague Letters & Funding Mechanisms
• Narrative Space is Limited—Use It Wisely
• The Power of Faculty Writing Groups for Reviewing Proposals and Overall Writing Improvement
• Strategies for Proposal Resubmissions
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities

June 2023 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• June 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Applying for an NEH Humanities Initiative at Your College or University
• What is Use-Inspired Science and Why Do You Need to Know That?
• Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification
• The Chips & Science Act: What is it Funding?
• NSF BioFoundries & Related Programs
• Planning to Write as a Team
• Avoiding a Common Reviewer Complaint: Descriptive Research
• Do You Know Where Your Research fits in Your Discipline's State of the Art?
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities

 May 2023 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• May 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Understanding Forensic Sciences Funding
• Consider Joining the NSF Rotator Program
• Tips for Pursuing Funding from Industry
• AFRI Sustainable Agricultural SYSTEMS RFA
• Make Your Case for Value-Added Benefits
• Welcoming New Faculty
• Implicit Requirements
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities

April 2023 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• April 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• NEH Infrastructure/Capacity-Building Challenge Grants
• Editing the Research Narrative for Importance
• U.S. Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing: The White House Vision for a Whole-of-Government Approach
• Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
• CDMRP Program Funding Opportunities
• Fully Respond to the ARPA-(H)eilmeier Questions
• How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants
• Mission Agency Common Denominators
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational & Social Sciences Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities

March 2023 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• March 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• AFRI Foundational Review Criteria & Narrative Format
• NSF Office Hours and the PRoSPCT Tool
• Grants: Native American Graves Repatriation Act
• Budget of the US Government FY23/Agency Allocations
• Basic Research: The Trial-and-Error Trap
• How the Department of Energy Reviews Your Proposal
• Your Research's Fit in Your Discipline's State of the Art
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities 

February 2023 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• February 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Who is Winning Humanities Funding and Why?
• What Exactly Are Societal Challenges?
• NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) Webinar Report
• The Context and Significance of Your Research
• Changes to AFRI Foundational Program 2023
• Too Much to Say? Strategies to Meet the Page Limit
• Cultivating Grantsmanship Among Graduate Students
• The Role of Stakeholders in a Competitive Proposal
• NIH Steps: Unsolicited, Investigator-Initiated Research
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities

January 2023 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• January 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Recent Funding and Advocacy News in the Humanities and Arts
• Give a Wide Berth to Potential Plagiarism
• Advice and Resources for Your NSF MRI Proposal
• Seven Newly Posted DOE/SC Workforce FOAs
• The First Response to a BAA is Often a White Paper
• Too Much "Why" and Not Enough "How"
• Faculty Writing Groups in the Humanities 
• Funding Rates: Actual and Real
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities

December 2022 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• December 2022 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• New/ongoing NEH Calls for Proposals related to the "American Tapestry" Initiative
• NSF Opportunities for Selected Social Science and Humanities Research
• NSF Observations on Plagiarism
• The New NSF Major Research Implementation Solicitation
• Do You Speak Your Funding Agency's Language?
• Understanding the Role of Your PO
• Understanding Peer Review in the Humanities
• What's the Problem? What's Your Solution?
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC

November 2022 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• November 2022 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• NSF Reproducibility and Replicability in Science
• NSF Webinar Report: The New NSF ExLENT Program
• Connect Funding Opportunities to Societal Challenges
• DOE Guide for the Submission of Unsolicited Proposals
• Telling Your Reviewers What They Need to Know
• The Dos and Don’ts of Writing the Statement of Purpose f or a Humanities/Social Sciences Funding Application
• Make Your Case for Value-Added Benefits
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC

October 2022 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• October 2022 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• What is a Humanities Program Officer and When Should You Contact Them?
• NIH Expands Role of AI in Funding Solicitations
• ARPA-H: A New Funding Agency is Born!
• The Most Important First Decision in Grant Writing
• NIH Faculty Readiness & Submission Considerations
• In Proposals, Less is Often More
• What is the Significance of Your Proposed Humanities Project?
• Writing a Successful White Paper to NEH
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC

September 2022 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• August 2022 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Where Research Begins: Choosing A Research Project in the Humanities and Social Sciences
• Getting the Writing Right—Newly Funded NSF ERCs
• New NSF Opportunities for Social Scientists
• Review Criteria Across Funding Agencies—What New Faculty Need to Know
• Editing, Revising, and Rewriting Your Proposal (Sept. 15, 2018 reprint)
• Preparing to Write Your Proposal (Sept. 15, 2018 reprint)
• Writing the Proposal (Sept. 15, 2018 reprint)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC

 August 2022 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• August 2022 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Fitting Your Research Topic to a Funder's Mission
• NSF GRANTED: Broadening Participation in STEM
• Reading the Funding Tea Leaves: How to Anticipate New Funding Opportunities
• NSF Partnership to Advance Conservation Science
• So You've Submitted Your CAREER Proposal: What Now? (August 15, 2021 reprint)
• Proposal Pet Peeves (May 15, 2021 reprint)
• The Role of the Project Evaluator on the Writing Team
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC

July 2022 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• February 2022 Select List of Humanities, HSS and Arts Opportunities & News
• Newly Titled National Science Foundation Program Offers Humanities/Social Science Researchers Opportunities to Collaborate
• Narrative Space is Limited -- Use it Wisely
• What does NSF mean by Innovation Ecosystem?
• USDA/NIFA Proposal Workplan Template--A Generic Guide to Writing a Funded Proposal
• Changes Coming to STEM Education Programs
• Tips for Effective Proposal Graphics (Reprinted from August 2019 issue)
• Preparing to Write Your Proposal (Reprinted from September 2018 issue)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC

June 2022 Issue (App State login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• NSF Begins Using Broad Agency Announcements
• NSF's New TIP Directorate
• NSF's Semi-Annual "Shout Out" to Those Guilty of Research Misconduct and Plagiarism
• Adjectives Are Not Numbers
• Defining and Supporting Your Premise (Reprinted from December 15, 2018)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

May 2022 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• USDA Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2022-2026
• Planning and Describing your CAREER Education Component
• What Does a Successful ERC Proposal Look Like?
• DOEnergy Funding Directions 2023
• How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants (reprinted from May 15, 2018)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News 
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies 

April 2022 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Biden Administration Requests Big Increases for the Humanities
• Addressing Agency-Relevant Significance at USDA/NIFA
• The Curse of Knowledge and Writing Your Proposal
• USDA NIFA 2022 Foundation Grant Program
• NSF FY2023 Budget Request: Where the Money Is Going
• Know the Type of Project You’re Proposing (Reprinted from June 2019)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

March 2022 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• Advice for Applicants to Social Science Research Council (or, Really, Any) Competitions
• Pathway from An NSF EAGER to Understanding the “Strengthening American Infrastructure” Solicitation
• An Overview of Early Career and Research Initiation Grants for STEM Faculty
• DOE’s Plan to Strengthen Clean Energy Supply Chains and Bolster Domestic Manufacturing
• Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants
• How to Formulate Hypotheses for NSF and NIH (Reprinted from April 2018)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

 

February 2022 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• February 2022 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
• The New Research Agenda for the National Endowment for the Arts, 2022-2026
• Let NIH/NIAID Write Your Winning Proposal for You...and it is surprisingly legal!
• Overview of the New Quantum Workforce Development Plan
• Confusion over the Meaning of the Research Narrative Is Usually the Author’s Fault
• Don’t Forget the Key Part of Your Proposal’s Management Plan Is Managing the Research
• How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants(Reprinted from May 2018)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

January 2022 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Applying for a Fulbright Award
• Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants
• Time to Start Working on Your CAREER: A Timeline
• Editing Proposals for Significance: What It Is and Why It Is Critical to Funding Success
• Is An NSF Center Proposal in Your Future?
• Funding Fundamentals for New Faculty (Reprinted from January 2018)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

December 2021 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Funding Opportunities in the Humanities
• Describing the Methodology and Work Plan in an Individual Humanities/Humanities-Related Social Sciences Proposal
• The Best Order of Research Narrative Edits
• Webinar report: NSF’s Human Networks and Data Science Program
• Is Your Red Team in Place for Your STC Preliminary Proposal? If not, You’d Best Get on It!
• "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808)
• Do You Have Your NSF STC Endgame in Place? (Reprinted from April 2019)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

November 2021 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Funding Opportunities in the Humanities
• New Funding Directions at Department of Energy
• Advice & Resources for Your NSF MRI Proposal
• The First Step to NSF STC Success Is to Learn the Language
• New Funding Directions at NOAA
• Editing the Proposal Introduction: the What, Why, How and So-What of a Preliminary Review (Reprinted October 2020)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

October 2021 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Want to Widen the Audience for Your Research? Applying for NEH's Public Scholar Program
• Humanities Scholars: Applying for ACLS's "Sustaining Public Engagement Grants" (SPEG)
• How to Write a Winning Proposal to the USDA/NIFA
• Funding High-Risk Research
• How to Write a Winning Proposal to the Office of Naval Research
• What Faculty Need to Know About Broad Agency Announcements (BAA)
• White Papers and Concept Papers Are Often the First Step to Funding Success (Reprinted from June 2019)
• Don't Let Your Proposal Wear a Disguise on Halloween (Reprinted from Halloween 2012)
• Research Grant  Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

September 2021 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
• NIH's Five-Year Plan to Support Researchers and Universities Through Extramural Research
• Funding to Broaden Participation in STEM for Persons with Disabilities
• Why You Need a Communications Plan for Multidisciplinary Research Partnerships
• USDA's Farm of the Future Program: A Predictor of Future Funding Directions and Research
• Writing Your Proposal (Reprinted from Sept. 2018)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

August 2021 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
• Proposal Writing in the Humanities: Theoretical Orientation and Significance
• Does Your Research Narrative Require a Description of Stakeholder Engagement?
• So You've Submitted Your CAREER Proposal: What Now?
• EPA's Got Its Mojo Back!
• Organizing Your  Response to Reviewers' Comments on Resubmittals
• Make Your Case for Value-Added Benefits (Reprinted from August 2015)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

July 2021 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
• When Proposal Writing Rather Than Content Can Sink a Proposal
• Because a Management Plan is Not Required Does Not Mean it is Not Necessary
• NSF Funding at the Interface of Computer Science and the Social & Behavioral Sciences
• Strategies for Proposal Resubmissions
• Understanding Plagiarism & Other Research Misconducts to Avoid in the Reserach Narrative
• How to Go From Research Ideas to Research Dollars: Ten Key Steps to Getting Your Ideas Funded (Reprinted from June 2013)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

June 2021 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
• Assembling a Team of Advocates for Winning Humanities Grants
• Writing Grants to EPA in a Time of Budget Increases
• NSF's Webinar on Invention to Innovation programs
• How Agency Mission & Culture Impact Funding Success
• The Rold of Project Abstracts in Funding Success
• Organizing the Proposal Narrative (Reprinted from April 2016)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

May 2021 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
• Cultivating Grantsmanship among Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students
• Developing Proposals to Fund the Future Workforce in Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
• Proposal Pet Peeves
• Strategic Uses of the Funding Solicitation
• New Research Directions Under President's 2022 Discretionary Funding Request
• Explaining the State of the Art: Telling Your Reviewers What They Need to Know (reprinted from July 2015)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities 
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

 April 2021 Issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Tips for Winning an NEH Individual Fellowship
• NSC Report on Artificial Intelligence Offers a Guide to Future Funding Success
• You Got Funding! Now think about supplements
• Competitive Models for STEM Education and Research
• Transdisciplinary Funding Horizons for Electric Power Research, Education, and Training
• Engineers: Beware the downselect proposal (reprinted from March 2017)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

March 2021 issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Humanitites and Arts Funding Opportunities
• Attracting Students to the Humanitites
• What Does a Successful Proposal Look Like? NSF's Answer Too Often Falls on Deaf Ears
• Avoiding a Common Reviewer Complaint: Descriptive Research
• STEM Education Funding Outlook 2021
• Assume All Reviewers Are From Missouri (reprinted from August 2017)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

May 2018 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• More on Convergence Research at NSF
• USDA Strategic Goals for FY2018-2022
• To FOIA or Not to FOIA Proposal Requests
• Mission Agency Common Denominators
• How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants
• Proposal Writing Tips for Non-Native English Speakers
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

April 2018 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Why is Your Research in the National Interest
• Silent Partner Flaw in Team Proposals
• NSF's Vision for Future Research Centers
• How to Formulate Hypotheses for NSF and NIH
• Navigating International Grants - Horizon 2020
• Grants Are Awarded Not Anointed
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops, & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

March 2018 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• NASA's New Strategic Plan, 2018-2021
• The Benefits of an Organizational Edit
• NSF's 10 Big Ideas & Convergence is coming up
• Decoding NSF for Funding Success
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

February 2018 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Why Review Proposals for Funding Agencies
• US DoED Strategic Goals 2018-2022
• NSF OIG Report on Proposal Plagiarism & Misconduct
• Writing Proposals to US Department of Energy
• Dealing with NIH's New Clinical Trials Policy
• The Perilous Transition: Idea to Implementation
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

January 2018 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Expectations by NSF for Proposal Success
• Narrative Reference Resources
• Funding Fundamentals for New Faculty
• Last-minute MRI checklist
• How to Be Competitive for Externally Funded Grants-Internationally (Part 2)
• Planning for Funding Success (reprinted from 2014)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops, & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

December 2017 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Organizing the Proposal Narrative
• Understanding NSF by Its Resource Allocation Strategies
• How to be Competitive for Externally Funded Grants-Internationally
• "Generic Gems" form NSF Civil Infrastructure Webinar
• The Grant Writer's Narrative Checklist (reprint from 2013)
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops, & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

November 2017 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• "Hands-On" Experiences in Grant Workshops
• Funding Success: Synergy Not Silos
• Where Does Your Research Fit?
• Proposals Metrics Do Not Require an Avalanche
• Understanding Your Proposal Writing Tendency
• Do You Have a Narrative Integration Plan?
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

October 2017 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Hidden Benefits in NSF Webinars
• Gain a Competitive Edge by Reading Abstracts of Funded Projects
• Expanding Your Funding Search to Open BAAs
• Don't be Alarmed by Nonlinearity
• Reorganizations and Deadline Changes at NSF
• The Schedule and Task Assignment Table for Proposal Production
• Don't Let Your Proposal Wear a Disguise on Halloween
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

September 2017 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Expectations for Institutions Addressing Responsible Conduct of Research by NSF/OIG
• A Head Up to New Faculty about Research Misconduct
• What Do You Need to Know About Reproducibility
• Is Anyone in Charge of This Orphan Proposal?
• HBCUs and MIs: DoD Wants You to Apply for Funding
• The Strategic Role of the Funding Solicitation
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

August 2017 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Grantwriting Distinctions for New Faculty
• The Value of Social Sciences to Nat'l Priorities
• Assume All Reviewers are From Missouri
• New Faculty: Meet the Dark Matter of the Funding Universe
• DoD Funding: Proposer's Day and How They Can Help You
• Performing an Autopsy on Declined Proposals
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Road Maps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

July 2017 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• An Idea is Not a Plan; A Strategy is Not a Project
• Last-minute CAREER Proposal Checklist
• Does Your Project Narrative Require an Evidence-Based Response?
• Where Research Offices Can Help New Faculty
• Start Proposal with a Conceptual Road Map
• The Proposal Editor's Checklist
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Road Maps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

June 2017 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• NSF Regional Grants Conference Report
• Role of Social Science Funding in National Security
• Workforce Training Grants
• Tracking Mission Changes at Funding Agencies
• Models and Best Practices for Undergraduate Research
• Understanding Funding Agency Mission & Culture
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

May 2017 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Kellogg Foundation Update
• Fostering Integrity in Research: A Critical Read for Research Offices
• What Characteristics a Successfully Funded Center-Level Proposal?
• Understanding Scalability at NSF-A Key Distinction in Project Description
• Future Funding Scenarios in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Explaining the State of the Art: Telling Your Reviewers What They Need to Know
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies 

April 2017 issue (Appstate login required)

• Topics of interest URLs
• Heads Up: Changes to NSF CAREER Solicitation
• What is the Future of Broader Impacts at NSF?
• Competitive Proposals in a Skinny Budget
• Finding Your Big Data Funding Home
• Addressing Convergence in Your NSF Narrative
• Funding Rates: Actual and Real
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Researcch News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

March 2017 issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Engineers: Beware the downselect proposal
• Process of Adding Team Members to Proposals
• Staff Proposals in Education and Outreach
• Be Prepared for Big Funding Changes at Mission Agencies
• Impact of Infrastructure Funding on Research
• Avoid Common Proposal Figure Mistakes
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

February 2017 issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Avoid the Stream-of-Consciousness Narrative
• Four Key Questions in Editing the Narrative
• Seed Your Narrative with Explanatory Clauses
• Surviving Chaos in Proposal Development
• NORDP: a Resource for Pre-award Staff
• Helping New Faculty Giving Birth to Fundable Ideas
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies 

January 2017 issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Don't Force Your Reviewers to Think Too Much
• To Submit or Not to Submit
• What Does 2017 Hold for Mission Agencies?
• Understanding Bioenergy Technologies Office
• Funding for Cybersecurity Research
• Performed an Autopsy on Declined Proposals
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

December 2016 issue (AppState login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Where is NSF Going in 2017?
• New Models of Graduate Education at NSF
• How to Get Blackballed by NSF
• Planning Communication on Team Grants
• NSF's Big Ideas for Future NSF Investments
• Red Teaming: Scalable and Adaptable

November 2016 issue (AppState login required)

• Planning for Funding Success at NSF
• The Editorial "Clawback" on Page Overruns
• What's Your Problem? What's Your Solution?
• Initiative to Strengthen Agricultural Workforce
• EPSCOR Track 4 for Junior Faculty
• The Stepwise Path from Ideas to Dollars
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities

October 2016 issue (AppState login required)

• The Straw Man Proposal
• Explain Your Rationale for Selecting Projects
• The Proposal Majordomo’s Role on Grants
• The Role of the Project Evaluator on the Writing Team
• SBIRs and STTRs: What are they and how can faculty use them?
• Don’t Let Your Proposal Wear a Disguise on Halloween (Reprinted from Oct. 15, 2015)
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

September 2016 Issue (AppState login required)

• Explaining Mission Agencies to New Faculty
• The Myth of Insider Grants Information
• Looking for Humanities Funding? Ask Google
• An Introduction to NOAA for New Faculty
• Developing Proposals for "Institutional Transformation"
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

August 2016 Issue (AppState login required)

• Understanding the Role of Your PO
• Tensed about Tenses
• USDA/NIFA Antimicrobial Resistance Webinar
• Basic Grant-Writing Training Presentation
• The Hallicinatory Proposal Narrative
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

July 2016 Issue (AppState login required)

• Avoid NSF OIG Audits for Proposal Plagiarism
• Gaining a Competitive Advantage at NSF
• Blue Sky Proposals are not Fundable
• Basic Grant Writing Training Presentation
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

June 2016 Issue (AppState login required)

• Interdisciplinarity Makes Strange Bedfellows
• National Microbiome Funding 2016/2017
• Where is NSF Going & Why & Where Will the $s Be?
• An Overview of the Big Data Strategic Plan
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

May 2016 Issue (AppState login required)

• Where Proposals Run Off the Road
• Human Health-Related Funding at NSF: Dos and Don'ts
• Benefits of Packing Your Own Funding Chute
• Tracking the 2017 Federal Research Budgets
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

April 2016 Issue (AppsState login required)

• How Readers Read Your Proposal 
• Organizing the Proposal Narrative
• Helping Your Junior Faculty: Successful Models
• The Chronicle of Proposal Flaws
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

March 2016 issue (AppState login required)

• Making Copy-and-Paste Illegal
• NSF INCLUDES: Success Is All About Scalability 
• The Generic Management Plan
• FY 2017: Funding Social & Behavioral Sciences
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

February 2016 issue (ASU login required)

• Big Data and the Internet of Things
• Big Data and Agricultural Research Funding
• Heads-up: New NSF GPG Requirements
• The Jackson Pollock Narrative
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

January 2016 issue (ASU login required)

• Private Foundations that Fund Academic Research: a Quick Guide
• Research Narrative Knowledge Base
• Write like you are the Reviewer
• Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

December 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• Avoiding the Mule's Kick at NSF (Agency Standards for Research Misconduct)
• Writing Grants to the Department of Education
• Heuristic White Papers Build Teams & Ideas
• NSF FY 2015 Financial Report
• Proposal Writing Tips Proposals for Non-Native English Speakers
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

November 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• NSF's New Public Access Plan
• Proposals for Basic Research: Why you need a theoretical framework
• Win Your Grant on Page 1
• The Proposal Editor's Checklist
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities

October 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• Planning Your Narrative Synergy
• Don't Let Your Proposal Wear Costumes and Disguises on Halloween
• Has Your BAA Been Superseded
• Developing Timelines and Milestone Charts for Your Propopsal
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

September 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• What Does NSF Mean by "Innovation Ecosystem?"
• White House/NSF Webcast on HBCUs
• NSF ERC Webinar Report
• NSF Reverse Site Visits
• U.S. Department of Interior
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

August 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• Welcoming New Faculty: What Research Development Offices Can Do
• Is There a Need for Your Proposed Project?
• Make Your Case for Value-Added Benefits
• Implicit Requirements: Dark Matter of the Research Solicitation
• Strategic Planning for an NSF ERC
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities 

July 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• Clarity in the Research Narrative
• USDA Center of Excellence Justification
• Explaining the State of the Art: Telling Your Reviewers What They Need to Know
• Don't Bury the Lead (Grant Writing)
• What NSF Expects to See in Your Narrative
• Agency Research News
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

June 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• Confessions of a Grumpy Reviewer (Grant Writing)
• CAREER Heads-up: Don't let this happen to you (NSF Proposal Requirements)
• Topics in Brief: EAC at NSF; Antimicrobials
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies 

May 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• NORDP 2015 Conference Report
• NIGMS Pilots New Funding Model
• Agency Wide Insights from the NSF Cyberlearning Webinar
• Generic vs. Specific Characteristics of Proposals
• The Myth That Agencies Fund Good Ideas
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops, & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

April 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• Topics of Interest URLs
• Grants are Awarded Not Annointed (information on agency websites)
• New Directions in Broadening Participation
• Writing as a Team
• Agency Models for Introduction & Background
• Helping Reviewers Do the Math
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops, & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies

March 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• Psychology and the Reviewer
• NSF Funding for Food-Energy-Water 2015-2021
• USDA/NSF Intersections in Food-Energy-Water
• DOE's 2016 Budget: Energy-Water Nexus, etc.
• DoED 2016 Budget Request: Higher Ed and IES

February 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• The National Alliance for Broader Impacts
• NSF CBET CAREER Webinar Report
• The Perilous Transition: Idea to Implementation
• Materials Genome Initiative Strategic Plan
• Writing Proposals to USDA/NIFA/AFRI

January 2015 issue (ASU login required)

• Counseling PI's on Broader Impact
• Writing Successful Grants in the Humanities
• Two New NSF Funding Mechanisms
• Strategies for Preparing a Site Visit
• Research Grant Writing Web Sources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Sources

December 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• Do You Fit ONR’s Mission Priorities?
• Understanding the Site Visit Process, Part 1
• Writing Proposals for Instrumentation
• Don’t Get Caught in the NSF Spider Web (research misconduct)
• Webinars: EHR Core and IUSE Programs

November 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• Planning for Funding Success
• Planning to Write as a Team
• NSF SBE Funding Update
• NSF’s New GRIP Program: An Integrative Model
• Got STEM Education Data?

October 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• Summary: Restoring the Research Foundation
• What is Big Data and How to Fund It
• A Directory to NIH Resources on the Web
• Introducting New Investigators to BAAs
• BRAIN Research and Funding

September 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• Mentoring Students Applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
• Defining Your NSF Science and Technology Centers Grand Challenge
• Role of the Grant Therapist in Funding Success
• Drilling for Energy Funding at NSF
• New Funding Opportunities

August 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• Agency Missions and Cultures Are Not Fungible
• The NIH Common Fund
• Avoid Common Proposal Figure Mistakes
• Looking to the FY2016 STEM Budget Priorities
• NSF Crosscutting & Interdisciplinary Programs

July 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• NSF’s New Advanced Technology Education solicitation
• Funding Rates: Actual and Real
• Help New Faculty Give Birth to Fundable Ideas
• Research at Undergraduate Institutions (NSF RUI)

June 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• Research Narrative Integration Strategies
• Diversity Topics and Directions at NIH
• Using Databases of Previous Awards

May 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• Performing an Autopsy on Declined Proposals
• Proposal Development Templates/Roadmaps
• Basic Research at DoD: A Status Report
• Resources for Evidence-Based STEM Models
• NSF NRT Webinar: Decoding Future Directions

April 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• NSF’s New Research Traineeship Program
• Opportunities for Social Science Funding at NSF
• DARPA’s New Biological Technologies Office
• Eliminate Ambiguity in the Research Narrative

March 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• Decoding NSF for Funding Success (with focus on the Cyberlearning program)
• Strategic Planning for Funding Diversity
• NIH Concepts: Anticipating Future Funding
• NSF Budget FY2014: Focus Matters Most
• FY2015 Preliminary Federal Research Budgets

February 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• Writing the NIH BUILD Application
• Funding Favors the Strategically Prepared
• Idea Labs: What are They and Why at NSF?
• There is More to HHS than NIH
• Avoid a Cognitive Tax on Your Narrative
• Insider Tips to Boost your Chance of Funding Success at NIH

January 2014 issue (ASU login required)

• Summary: 2014 Global R&D Funding Forecast
• Funding Your STEM Workforce Ecosystem
• NIH Grant Writing for New Investigators
• STEM Resources for Context/Dissemination

December 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• New NSF Education and Human Resources (EHR) Programs: EHR Core, IUSE and REAL
• Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)
• Transformed GRF and IGERT Mean New Metrics
• ARPA-E Funds Applied Not Basic Research
• STEM Attrition: Paths into and out of STEM

November 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• Searching the Foundation 990 for Funding
• Your Grant-Writing Elevator Speech
• NSF Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Planning Strategies
• NSF's Research Coordination Networks

October 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• NSF and ED: Writing Education Proposals
• Funding Strategies for New Humanities Faculty
• Team Science:Energy Frontier Research Centers
• Avoid the Generic Introduction & Background
• NSF’s I-Corps Program
• Collaborative International Research - Planning for Success

September 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• Strategic Research Training for New Faculty
• Pointing New Faculty to Hidden Opportunities
• What New Faculty Need to Know about NIH
• The Grant Writer's Narrative Checklist
• NSF CMMI's Materials Reorganization

August 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• Avoid NSF’s “Perp Walk” Audit for Plagiarism
• Drafting Up the PI’s Verbal Research Narrative
• Importance of Planning for Large Team Grants
• What All New Faculty Need to Know About NSF
• NSF REU Proposal Checklist

July 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• Writing the 1.5-page Practice Proposal
• Funding Snapshot: National Institute of Justice
• Funding Snapshot: US Department of Education
• How NASA, USDA, and HHS/ACF Review proposals
• Last-Minute NSF CAREER Checklist
• National Science and Technology Council's STEM Education Strategic Plan summary

June 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• How to Go from Research Ideas to Research Dollars
• How Proposals Are Reviewed By NSF, NIH, DoED, DOE
• Big Changes in STEM Education Funding

May 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• USDA/AFRI Competitive Grants Program, 2014
• Red Teaming (conducting in-depth mock reviews of proposals before submission)
• Budgeting Strategies for Team Proposals
• Logic Models: Scalable, Adaptable, & Versatile
• Resources for your [NSF] CAREER Education Plan

April 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• Getting the Writing Right (how to solicit useful feedback on draft proposals)
• Boost Your Grants IQ with RSS Feeds
• Gain a Competitive Edge by Viewing Agency Webinars
• Quantifying the Project Narrative
• About the NSF Science, Engineering & Education Innovation (SEE Innovation) service

March 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• No Squishy Commitments or Weasel Clauses (about writing strong letters of support)
• Proportionality and Sequence in the Project Narrative
• Time to Get Started on Your NSF CAREER Proposal
• EPA’s National Center for Environmental Research
• The Role of Self-Assessment in Grant Success
• Materials from NSF Grants Conference hosted by George Mason University in October 2012

February 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• The Too Kind Program Officer
• NSF INSPIRE webinar report
• Preparing for Transagency Research: NSF/USDA/NIFA
• The Dictionary of Common NSF Usage
• The Background Researcher on Proposals

January 2013 issue (ASU login required)

• How to Write a More Competitive NSF Proposal Using the Revised Grant Proposal Guide, 2013
• How NSF’s Revised Merit Review Criteria for 2013 Will Impact Your Project Narrative
• What’s New about Broader Impacts in 2013
• Update: White House’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership

December 2012 issue (ASU login required)

• From Silos to Synergy: The Yellow Brick Road of Grant Writing
• Optimizing the Proposal Planning and Development Process
• Why Formatting Matters, Part 2: Graphics

November 2012 issue (ASU login required)

• No Tweaking, No Nudging, No Band Aids, Please (revision & resubmission strategies)
• The Role of BAAs in Your Funding Strategies
• Why Formatting is Important
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Research Roadmaps

October 2012 issue (ASU login required)

• Writing the Project Sustainability Statement
• The NSF MRI: Avoid Common Mistakes
• NSF New Merit Review Effective January 14
• CADRE Toolkit: Showcasing and Advancing NSF DR K-12 Work

September 2012 issue (ASU login required)

• Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
• The Value of Institutional Transformation Proposals (e.g., NSF ADVANCE, NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate)
• Fellowship and graduate fellowship proposal preparation resources

August 2012 issue (ASU login required)

• Writing the DOE Early Career Preapplication
• Writing the NSF AGEP & Webinar Report

July 2012 issue (ASU login required)

• New NSF Industrial Innovation and Partnerships division
• Avoid the Generic [Proposal] Introduction
• HHS/HRSA Grant Writing Web Resources

June 2012 issue (ASU login required)

• Education research funding sources
• Overview of Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)
• Using NIH RePORTER to Identify Your Program at NIH
• Topics of Interest URLs
• More on Convergence Research at NSF
• USDA Strategic Goals for FY2018-2022
• To FOIA or Not to FOIA Proposal Requests
• Mission Agency Common Denominators
• How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants
• Proposal Writing Tips for Non-Native English Speakers
• Research Grant Writing Web Resources
• Educational Grant Writing Web Resources
• Agency Research News
• Agency Reports, Workshops & Roadmaps
• New Funding Opportunities
• About Academic Research Funding Strategies